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UniCredit provide four reasons why they believe the USD will struggle in 2016. But others remind us why they are forecasting a notably stronger dollar over coming months...
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Vasilii Apostolidi, 21 March 2016, 16:57
Very little momentum in the market today, though we have seen some potential signs in the market that the USD could recover a little near term. USD/JPY and EUR/USD are moving in a tight (negative) correlation, and though no aggressive direction of note here...
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Vasilii Apostolidi, 21 March 2016, 16:29 #forex
The range-bound EUR/USD continues to have a bias towards further upside as euro proves more resilient than expected. The EUR/USD exchange rate continues trading in a sideways range which has highs at roughly 1.15 and lows at 1.05...
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Vasilii Apostolidi, 21 March 2016, 15:35
European stocks have moved back into positive territory on Monday, having spent the early part of the trading session in the red, driven lower in part by commodity stocks are likely to continue to weigh. U.S...
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Francis Dogbe, 21 March 2016, 15:31
BNP Paribas remains short AUD via a long EURAUD trade via options. "This is in line with STEER, signalling the short-term fair value for EURAUD currently stands at 1.5112...
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Vasilii Apostolidi, 21 March 2016, 15:30
The single currency has been capped since Friday’s comments by ECB chief economist and Executive Board member Praet. He stressed that the central bank still has room to cut interest rates should the euro area’s economic recovery falter...
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Vasilii Apostolidi, 21 March 2016, 15:28 #EUR/USD
The US dollar is beginning the week mostly firmer against the major and emerging market currencies. The Japanese yen, where local markets were closed for the spring equinox is up slightly, and the Australian dollar turned higher in the European session...
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Francis Dogbe, 21 March 2016, 15:24 #Trading
Fed's Williams with some unscheduled comments: • Basic contour and path of rate hikes has not changed • US has proved remarkably resilient to global factors • If not for global risks, Fed would raise rates sooner and faster • Sees rate hikes soon given encouraging data Williams is Mr Data Dependa...
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Francis Dogbe, 21 March 2016, 15:21
We are still holding an order to buy from 1.4438. It should be noted that during the last two days there was no clear trend in #GPBUSD. Anyway, we are bargain for any development of the situation. Find out more by checking out the Source Link...
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Vistabrokers CIF Ltd, 21 March 2016, 14:28 #Trading
A result of a long position in #EURUSD was fixed with a #profit when the bar has closed below the green Alligator's line. Currently, we are out of the market, but ready to enter at any time, namely if the price will break one of the nearest support/resistance lines...
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Vistabrokers CIF Ltd, 21 March 2016, 14:25 #Trading
Research Team at BBH, notes that the sterling has appreciated by nearly 5% this month and has recovered the bulk of the losses suffered following the deal with the EU and London Mayor Johnson's formal declaration of supporting efforts for the UK to leave the EU...
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Vasilii Apostolidi, 21 March 2016, 12:51
Bank of England’s (BOE) Forbes, while speaking in London, said an increase in domestic risk and uncertainty could occur in the run up to the EU referendum scheduled on Jan 23rd...
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Vasilii Apostolidi, 21 March 2016, 12:46
Research Team at BBH, suggests that the economic activity in the Eurozone does appear to be slowing. “Recall that EMU economy expanded by 0.3% in Q4 15 for a 1.5% year-over-year growth. This is in line with what economists reckon is trend growth for the eurozone. Sentiment has weakened...
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Vasilii Apostolidi, 21 March 2016, 12:42
Swedish Companies More Optimistic On Economy: Riksbank Survey Swedish companies are now more optimistic about the economic situation though they facing difficulties in raising prices, results of the Riksbank's February 2016 Business Survey showed Monday...
Market News
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Roberto Jacobs, 21 March 2016, 12:41
James Knightley, Senior Economist at ING, suggests that a surprise drop in US confidence may mean rising gasoline prices and unsettling politics is offsetting the benefits from a robust jobs market and the equity market rebound. “University of Michigan confidence fell in March to 90.0 from 91...
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Vasilii Apostolidi, 21 March 2016, 12:40
Australian Dollar Off Early Lows Against Most Majors The Australian dollar came off from its early lows against most major counterparts in European trading on Monday. The aussie recovered to 0.7626 against the greenback and 85.07 against the yen, off early 4-day low of 0...
Currency
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Roberto Jacobs, 21 March 2016, 12:38
Research Team at BBH, notes that the US economy is not only averting a recession, but growth accelerated in Q1. “The markets exaggerated the risk of a US recession. The US reports its third estimate of Q4 GDP. It is too historical to matter much, and whether it is 1...
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Vasilii Apostolidi, 21 March 2016, 12:36
Jane Foley, Senior FX Strategist at Rabobank, lists down the key economic releases for the week. “Existing home sales for February are the only key data US release today, though the week will also bring PMI releases in addition to weekly initial claims and durables goods numbers...
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Vasilii Apostolidi, 21 March 2016, 12:35
Croatia Retail Sales Fall For First Time In 5 Months Croatia's retail sales decreased at the start of the year, after rising in the previous four months, figures from the Croatian Bureau of Statistics showed Monday. Retail sales volume dropped a seasonally and working-day-adjusted 0...
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Roberto Jacobs, 21 March 2016, 12:34
UK: Politics is Going to be More Important than Economics - SocGen Kit Juckes, Research Analyst at Societe Generale, suggests that the politics is going to be more important than economics for the next three months in the UK and so far, both major political parties seem pretty keen on tearing the...
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Roberto Jacobs, 21 March 2016, 12:31